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i'm willie geist and this is "way too early," the show that's showing a natural tightening. i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. e-mail at way too early.com or tweet me @williegeist or text a response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for monday, november 5th yes, tomorrow is election day. there's a lot going on, including bill clinton's suggestion that mitt romney join circumstan cirque de sole. >>> on the eve the presidential election, today marks one full week since sandy came ashore killing at least 110 people leaving a path of destruction that reshaped stretches of the coast lien here on the northeast. the cover of "new york imagi" me is stunning. this morning, nearly a million people in new jersey are without power or heat as overnight temperatures dip near freezing as cold weather sets in, new york city mayor michael bloomberg says as many as 40,000 people may need to find new places to live, a daunting task, the city known for its tight h
i'm willie geist and this is "way too early," the show that's showing a natural tightening. i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. e-mail at way too early.com or tweet me @williegeist or text a response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for monday, november 5th yes, tomorrow is election day. there's a lot going on, including bill clinton's suggestion that...
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"way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> well, after about a year and a half of campaigning, we are one day away from election day. president obama and mitt romney making their closing arguments before turning the case over to the jury. the question is, who has the slight advantage as of this morning? we'll talk live in a moment to mark halperin. meanwhile, the struggle continues for families digging through the rubble of their homes here in new york and down the coast in new jersey. the question is, with tell temperatures dropping near freezing, are our neighbors being taken care of well enough? >>> the new york giants along with nfl commissioner roger goodell paying tribute to the victims of the storm and those who jumped in quickly to help. as a giants fan, wouldn't the appropriate tribute be to beat the steelers for god
"way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> well, after about a year and a half of campaigning, we are one day away from election day. president obama and mitt romney making their closing arguments before turning the case over to the jury. the question is, who has the slight advantage as of this morning? we'll talk live in a moment to mark halperin. meanwhile, the struggle continues for families digging through the rubble of their homes here in new york and down...
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"way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >> how are you? are you okay? >> we're going to help you. we're going to get it all together. all right? i promise you. i promise you. you're going to be okay. you're safe, right? that's the most important. we're going to get this whole thing taken care of. i have my guy craig fugate. this is the owner of the marina right here. i want to make sure she knows that we're going to immediately make sure she gets the help she needs to get this all back together. all right?
"way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >> how are you? are you okay? >> we're going to help you. we're going to get it all together. all right? i promise you. i promise you. you're going to be okay. you're safe, right? that's the most important. we're going to get this whole thing taken care of. i have my guy craig fugate. this is the owner of the marina right here. i want to make sure she knows that we're going to immediately make sure she gets the help she...
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. >> willie geist, haley barbour said it. i talked to a hard-right conservative state party leader yesterday out west who says i finally get it. like haley always said, it's not about subtraction. it's about addition. addition. how do you pull more people to the republican party? how do you pull more people to the conservative movement? as i say, if you're going to play, play to win. how many times have you heard me talk about the suburbs of philadelphia? bucks county. the i-4 corridor. i say it all the time. and i say it all the time for a reason. >> yeah. >> sean hannity wouldn't win bucks county, pennsylvania. i wouldn't win the i-4 corridor. he makes lots of money. and i've got no problem with that. but it's niche marketing. if we want to expand the base, wrooef got we've got to win bucks county, the i-4 corridor, the swing districts. >> you've got to get your head out of the sand first. >> and we'll do it, but we're not going to do it by playing the subtraction game. we've got to do it through addition. >> and there are
. >> willie geist, haley barbour said it. i talked to a hard-right conservative state party leader yesterday out west who says i finally get it. like haley always said, it's not about subtraction. it's about addition. addition. how do you pull more people to the republican party? how do you pull more people to the conservative movement? as i say, if you're going to play, play to win. how many times have you heard me talk about the suburbs of philadelphia? bucks county. the i-4 corridor. i...
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all those here's -- by the way, willie geist joining us as well. all these years rocking the plaza, that was rocking the plaza. mark trout, one of our great stage hands here, manager said, you know, there's a difference when the gods of rock 'n' roll take the stage, and they are the gods of rock 'n' roll. >> not only have we drawn a crowd, people who have come to see the band, people we work with that play guitars or drum as a hobby, all here taking notes because everybody wants to see rock 'n' roll legends. >> i guess there was some question if a rock 'n' roll band could come to play at 8:30 in the morning. those questions were answered a few minutes ago. >> we've got a jumbotron up on the plaza there which is pretty cool. >> that's there for democracy plaza. >> exactly. worked out pretty well today. >> a lot of people got to see the concert. we want to get to the news of the day and we've got miss natalie morales over at the news desk. good morning to you again. >> good morning to you once again. good morning, everyone. only four days until the p
all those here's -- by the way, willie geist joining us as well. all these years rocking the plaza, that was rocking the plaza. mark trout, one of our great stage hands here, manager said, you know, there's a difference when the gods of rock 'n' roll take the stage, and they are the gods of rock 'n' roll. >> not only have we drawn a crowd, people who have come to see the band, people we work with that play guitars or drum as a hobby, all here taking notes because everybody wants to see...
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i contribute some insight into the growing ego mania that is young willie geist. >> yes! >> the 37-year-old sexiest man on earth? >> what? >> oh, wow, we're doing this 40 seconds in, huh? >> "people" magazine. >> getting it out of the way. there he is. willie geist listed as the sexiest 37-year-old man in america. >> i'm titillated. >> it's not just me saying it anymore, it's documented. >> where am i? am i on the right show? >> later today -- >> this is why i got up early? >> later this morning, we are going to have the new editor of "people" magazine here, helen keller. >> oh! >> that's cruel. >> ba dumb bum. >> long setup. way to go. donny's on there, too. >> donny's on the list, too. >> what was it, "50 shades of grey." >> i was in the decaying category. sexy and decaying. sexy men with gray hair. >> it was like the silver foxes. >> what's interesting -- >> and joe in there, too, in your category. >> send kitchen appliances. microwave ovens. >> there is a little quid pro quo. >> they have a supplement of the 90-year-olds. >> were you on that? >> i'm on that list. >> t
i contribute some insight into the growing ego mania that is young willie geist. >> yes! >> the 37-year-old sexiest man on earth? >> what? >> oh, wow, we're doing this 40 seconds in, huh? >> "people" magazine. >> getting it out of the way. there he is. willie geist listed as the sexiest 37-year-old man in america. >> i'm titillated. >> it's not just me saying it anymore, it's documented. >> where am i? am i on the right show?...
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he's got to grab it. >> the sooner the better. >> so willie geist is somewhere here. and he's got the tease. oh, there he is. willie, take it away. >> i've got an all-star crew here. one thing donny deutsch did want me to point out, one small critique, we have not yet mentioned that weed is now recreationally legal in colorado and washington. that was a donny. that was a donny. he's our public editor this morning. we'll be right back with donny, the great tom brokaw, david gregory, also senator-elect elizabeth cwarren and bill karis on that nor'easter that's sweeping this way. all that and more when we come right back. >>> good morning, everyone. we are watching this nor'easter that's going to be affecting the areas that were just slammed by sandy. and it's going to be ugly this afternoon. already behind me in new york city, winds gusting to 30 to 35 miles per hour. there's a lot of people in this region of the country that are afraid of the winds after sandy. and they're going to howl later today. already getting gusts, as i mentioned, in the 30s. later today we're g
he's got to grab it. >> the sooner the better. >> so willie geist is somewhere here. and he's got the tease. oh, there he is. willie, take it away. >> i've got an all-star crew here. one thing donny deutsch did want me to point out, one small critique, we have not yet mentioned that weed is now recreationally legal in colorado and washington. that was a donny. that was a donny. he's our public editor this morning. we'll be right back with donny, the great tom brokaw, david...
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willie geist is here with his top five meme. >> all understand what a meme is. >> something that takes on a life of its own. you'll see here when we start. number five, the top meme of 2012. binders full of women. both candidates were asked to do what they would generate gender equality in the workplace. this is mitt romney's response describing his time as governor of massachusetts. >> i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks, and they brought us a whole binders full of women. >> okay. so this took on a life of its own almost immediately. a twitter accoun account @romney'sbinder and pictures started coming out. trapper keeper, i know you had a trapper keeper in high school. matt, did you have one of these? >> no, my generation. >> mine was a-team, what was yours? >> kitty cat. >> and right into the photographs. a dirty dancing picture that caught fire online. no one puts baby in a binder from swayze and the famous hillary clinton text blog put up romney still uses binders, lol. >> you're right this. happened like in minutes. >> instantly after that. >>
willie geist is here with his top five meme. >> all understand what a meme is. >> something that takes on a life of its own. you'll see here when we start. number five, the top meme of 2012. binders full of women. both candidates were asked to do what they would generate gender equality in the workplace. this is mitt romney's response describing his time as governor of massachusetts. >> i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks, and they brought...
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willie geist, host of the third hour of today is here. he's going to emcee. >> first of all, what kind of question was that? clean it up a little bit. >> christina, you need to know hoda thinks she knows the words to every song recorded. >> i am. >> we're going to test both your lyrical skills on a few songs. i'm going to play you a clip from a song. when we cut the song off, hit your buzzer if you think you know the next verse of that song. >> okay. >> i think you're going to know these songs. let's start with "honey bee" by your spin the bottle partner, blake shelton. ♪ you be my soft and sweet ♪ i'll be your soft and steady >> christina aguilera is in first. >> i'll be your shot of whiskey, then what? >> sugar daddy. i'll be your sugar daddy. >> what is it? >> no? >> i don't know. sing it. >> you'll be my sunny day. >> i'll be your -- >> shade tree. >> honey bee. >> we're giving that to christina. that was the practice round. christina, if you don't know this one, we have a major problem, because you are on this track. moves like j
willie geist, host of the third hour of today is here. he's going to emcee. >> first of all, what kind of question was that? clean it up a little bit. >> christina, you need to know hoda thinks she knows the words to every song recorded. >> i am. >> we're going to test both your lyrical skills on a few songs. i'm going to play you a clip from a song. when we cut the song off, hit your buzzer if you think you know the next verse of that song. >> okay. >> i...
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. >> i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and willie geist. just ahead we'll be talking about the day after. >> we're here. a hard-fought battle but campaign 2012 is now one for the record books. president obama will return to the white house for a second term. we're going to have the latest from the campaign and take a look at how it all unfolded. >> and then the world's best travel destinations voted on by the readers of conde nast travelers. i bet you guys a crisp $20 bill that you can't guess the number one. >> i bet you were close to saying i bet you $10,000. >> best in the u.s. or worldwide? >> the u.s. >> the readers' favorite city. >> we'll do a gentleman's bet. i'm going to go with san antonio, texas. >> respect your answer, but it's incorrect. >> san francisco. >> incorrect. >> one of the ones -- that's been like number one. >> that's moved on to number two so we'll get that to you. >> where was san antonio? >> it's a tease. >> come on, let's go. >> give me number three. let's get a check of the top stories this morning with natalie
. >> i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and willie geist. just ahead we'll be talking about the day after. >> we're here. a hard-fought battle but campaign 2012 is now one for the record books. president obama will return to the white house for a second term. we're going to have the latest from the campaign and take a look at how it all unfolded. >> and then the world's best travel destinations voted on by the readers of conde nast travelers. i bet you guys a crisp $20...
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>> very briefly willie geist if you all want to write him and e-mail him he has become a member of the student media hall of fame. >> no way. >> the student media hall of fame. the "today" show student media
>> very briefly willie geist if you all want to write him and e-mail him he has become a member of the student media hall of fame. >> no way. >> the student media hall of fame. the "today" show student media
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what is wrong, willie geist, what is dirty with what god has created? can i ask you that? do these people in san francisco not love god? >> the problem with public nudity, be this way at beaches too, it's never the people you want to be nude are walking around new. it's always the wrong crew. >> it's old guys. >> check your shame at the door. >> okay. >> all right. >> is that a gad point. can we have a weight limit to public nudity. >> some caveat. >> would that be discriminatory. >> i'm offended by this conversation. i don't know about you. >> so many things that were on the tip of my tongue i was going to say about those two, but i won't. the baltimore sun -- >> us two? those two. >> us two? >> moving on guys. kevin clash, the puppeteer behind sesame street's elmo character has resigned amid allegations he sexually abused underage boys. sesame workshop says the controversy became a distraction to the program after 28 years with sesame street, clash's elmo character will be played by understudy. >> another market suggest, a "morning joe" puppet. wouldn't that be interesti
what is wrong, willie geist, what is dirty with what god has created? can i ask you that? do these people in san francisco not love god? >> the problem with public nudity, be this way at beaches too, it's never the people you want to be nude are walking around new. it's always the wrong crew. >> it's old guys. >> check your shame at the door. >> okay. >> all right. >> is that a gad point. can we have a weight limit to public nudity. >> some caveat....
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. >> senator mccain, it's willie geist. you've got access to information the rest of us don't have access to. so based on what you know about this benghazi story, details you've seen, do you suspect that this is a question of incompetence from the obama administration, or do you think there's some kind of a cover-up at play here? >> willie, first of all, i don't have any inside information except from people i hear from, you know, who are on the ground or involved in it and through, frankly, off-the-record statements. but what i do know is that it was terribly mishandled. telling the american people that this was a spontaneous demonstration caused by a hateful video is just -- it doesn't pass the smell test. and then for seven weeks, we've been asking questions and haven't gotten a single answer. you know, we are a branch of government that has our responsibilities as well. has o responsibilities as well. so i think, also, they're starting to have a little back fighting amongst the different agencies of government, a little
. >> senator mccain, it's willie geist. you've got access to information the rest of us don't have access to. so based on what you know about this benghazi story, details you've seen, do you suspect that this is a question of incompetence from the obama administration, or do you think there's some kind of a cover-up at play here? >> willie, first of all, i don't have any inside information except from people i hear from, you know, who are on the ground or involved in it and through,...
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this is willie geist, as it was foretold in ghostbusters so many moons ago, cats and dogs living together. >> 6:06, the first "ghostbusters" reference. >> i'm going to try to average two an hour. >> chris christie's been waiting for that hug from the boss for a long time, by the way. >> he did cry. >> chris christie's a governor and his state is under siege from the weather system. it's not like the president was hugging and loving on john boehner and they were riding in air force one together. that would have been a story, this is just people doing their job. >> you think about chris christie, i mean -- >> what? >> you should have called charlie crist before he hugged the president. >> okay. >> it's a joke. we're just joking. he did wait for that bruce springsteen hug for a long time. >> mika called this a long time a campaign about nothing. this was the "seinfeld" campaign. in the last two weeks, it became about something serious. the president had a serious job to do and the country watched him perform as the president of the united states, not as a campaigner or spinner or somebody at
this is willie geist, as it was foretold in ghostbusters so many moons ago, cats and dogs living together. >> 6:06, the first "ghostbusters" reference. >> i'm going to try to average two an hour. >> chris christie's been waiting for that hug from the boss for a long time, by the way. >> he did cry. >> chris christie's a governor and his state is under siege from the weather system. it's not like the president was hugging and loving on john boehner and...
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i'm willie geist. kristen welker is still up and live at obama headquarters in chicago. kristen, have you slept at all. >> reporter: haven't slept at all, you know, but it was worth it to witness the historic evening. i can tell you the crowd was just electrified here when president obama delivered his victory speech. you talked about some of the highlights of it. he thanked all of those who made his victory possible, but he also made a pretty strong call for bipartisanship saying that he would like to meet with his republican challenger mitt romney to talk about ways to move the country forward in a stronger direction, and he also pledged to reach across the aisle in this second term to work with republicans, to do a better job of that, to deal with things like the deficit and also to deal with immigration. of course, though, those are two issues that really dogged the president during his first term, but the one issue that was his greatest challenge to re-election, willie, i don't have to tell you, because you have talked about this a lot, the economy, and that is one
i'm willie geist. kristen welker is still up and live at obama headquarters in chicago. kristen, have you slept at all. >> reporter: haven't slept at all, you know, but it was worth it to witness the historic evening. i can tell you the crowd was just electrified here when president obama delivered his victory speech. you talked about some of the highlights of it. he thanked all of those who made his victory possible, but he also made a pretty strong call for bipartisanship saying that he...